Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky again proclaimed his innocence on Monday, hours before he is to be sentenced in his child sex abuse case.

"They can take away my life, they can make me out as a monster, they can treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart. In my heart, I know that I did not do these alleged disgusting acts," Sandusky said in a three-minute statement that was posted on Penn State's campus radio station website. (Read the transcript of the statement.)

"My wife (Dottie) has been my only sex partner, and that was after marriage. Our love continues."

Sandusky also claimed that he was the victim of a “well-orchestrated effort” that was begun by one of the victims, whom Sandusky said was seeking attention. The victim, according to Sandusky, "was joined by media, investigators, the system, Penn State, psychologists, civil attorneys and other accusers."

“I’ve wondered what they really want," Sandusky said. "Attention, financial gain, prestige will all be temporary."

Sandusky echoed his attorneys' claims that the defense team had insufficient time to prepare for trial.

It is not clear how the Penn State station obtained the audio, which it said it obtained exclusively. It's also not known how Sandusky was able to make a statement from his cell in the Bellefonte, Pa., facility that's housing him.

One of Sandusky's attorneys, Karl Rominger, told NBC News that the voice on the recording sounded like Sandusky's.

Another Sandusky attorney, Joseph Amendola, said earlier Monday that Sandusky would address Centre County Court Judge John Cleland during Tuesday's sentencing in Bellefonte.

Lead prosecutor Joe McGettigan said as many as a half-dozen victims are expected to be heard.

The eight victims who testified against Sandusky at trial described abuse that ranged from grooming and fondling to oral and anal sex. Sandusky did not take the stand, but gave interviews shortly after his arrest in which he declared he was not guilty.

Sandusky was convicted in June on 45 counts of sex abuse involving 10 boys over a 15-year period. Some of the incidents occurred inside Penn State athletic facilities.